8:52 PM,
Jan. 16, 2013

Greg Hinz and his wife, Jeni, pet their adopted dog Cinder on Wednesday night at their house northeast of Merrill.

Written by

Carolyn Tiry
Daily Herald Media

Buffy was just another foster dog from the Lincoln County Humane Society until her keen nose got her a new name - and a permanent home.

Jeni and Greg Hinz were temporarily fostering Buffy, a 5-month-old pit bull mix, last week when, on Saturday night just before the playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers, Greg took the dog outside to use the bathroom. She wouldn't go.

"He was out there with her for 10 or 15 minutes, but she just sat and growled at the garage," Jeni said Wednesday. ...